who had the highest passer rating in 1981

Ken Anderson had the highest passer rating in 1981, with a 98.4 rating.

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	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	98.4	1981	CIN	16	300	479	62.6	3,754	7.8	234.6	29	10	6.1	2.1	25	140
2	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	90.6	1981	SD	16	360	609	59.1	4,802	7.9	300.1	33	17	5.4	2.8	19	134
3	Craig Morton C. Morton	90.5	1981	DEN	15	225	376	59.8	3,195	8.5	213.0	21	14	5.6	3.7	54	394
4	Joe Montana J. Montana	88.4	1981	SF	16	311	488	63.7	3,565	7.3	222.8	19	12	3.9	2.5	26	193
5	Danny White D. White	87.5	1981	DAL	16	223	391	57.0	3,098	7.9	193.6	22	13	5.6	3.3	30	234
6	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	83.9	1981	PIT	14	201	370	54.3	2,887	7.8	206.2	22	14	5.9	3.8	17	155
7	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	82.4	1981	SEA	13	236	397	59.4	2,788	7.0	214.5	13	9	3.3	2.3	24	201
8	Richard Todd R. Todd	81.8	1981	NYJ	16	279	497	56.1	3,231	6.5	201.9	25	13	5.0	2.6	30	224
9	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	79.2	1981	ATL	16	297	533	55.7	3,829	7.2	239.3	30	23	5.6	4.3	37	287
10	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	79.0	1981	GB	13	204	354	57.6	2,593	7.3	199.5	17	15	4.8	4.2	40	298
11	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	77.3	1981	WAS	16	293	496	59.1	3,568	7.2	223.0	19	20	3.8	4.0	28	259
12	Bert Jones B. Jones	76.9	1981	BAL	15	244	426	57.3	3,094	7.3	206.3	21	20	4.9	4.7	31	263
13	Doug Williams D. Williams	76.8	1981	TB	16	238	471	50.5	3,563	7.6	222.7	19	14	4.0	3.0	18	135
14	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	74.1	1981	BUF	16	252	498	50.6	3,652	7.3	228.3	24	20	4.8	4.0	15	137
15	Phil Simms P. Simms	74.0	1981	NYG	10	172	316	54.4	2,031	6.4	203.1	11	9	3.5	2.8	38	301
16	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	73.8	1981	PHI	16	250	461	54.2	3,095	6.7	193.4	23	20	5.0	4.3	21	197
17	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	73.4	1981	DET	16	140	279	50.2	2,358	8.5	147.4	14	15	5.0	5.4	27	208
18	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	72.6	1981	MIN	14	322	593	54.3	3,912	6.6	279.4	26	24	4.4	4.0	19	149
19	David Woodley D. Woodley	69.8	1981	MIA	15	191	366	52.2	2,470	6.7	164.7	12	13	3.3	3.6	24	191
20	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	69.5	1981	HOU	13	165	285	57.9	1,988	7.0	152.9	14	18	4.9	6.3	29	254
21	Jim Hart J. Hart	68.7	1981	STL	10	134	241	55.6	1,694	7.0	169.4	11	14	4.6	5.8	16	119
22	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	68.2	1981	CLE	16	313	567	55.2	3,876	6.8	242.3	17	25	3.0	4.4	34	310
23	Pat Haden P. Haden	64.4	1981	LA	13	138	267	51.7	1,815	6.8	139.6	9	13	3.4	4.9	28	227
24	Archie Manning A. Manning	63.6	1981	NO	12	134	232	57.8	1,447	6.2	120.6	5	11	2.2	4.7	21	164
25	Bill Kenney B. Kenney	63.6	1981	KC	13	147	274	53.6	1,983	7.2	152.5	9	16	3.3	5.8	20	160

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